Stove and furnace lighter.



J. ED MAN.

STOVE AND FURNACE LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17, 1913.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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srarns PATENT onnron JOHN EDMAN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO HERBERT L. LAIRD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

STOVE AND FURNACE LIGHTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EDMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStove and Furnace Lighters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and highly efiicient device for starting fires in coal stoves and furnaces and, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

This improved fire starting device comprises a metallic tube or pipe, fashioned to form a gas burner of peculiar construction adapted to be inserted into a body of coal; and, when thus inserted and the flame ignited, it affords a good flame properly directed for igniting the body of coal.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation; Fig. 2 is a plan view; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line :0 23 on Fig. 2, showing the improved fire starter or lighter.

The body of the lighter is preferably made from a piece of iron or steel tubing 1, one end of which is closed and formed with a wedge shaped tip 2 that is brought to a sharp point. To the other end of the tube 1 a flexible gas supplying tube, not shown, will be attached. The sharp edge of the tip 2 extends in a vertical direction and, on top of the tube 1 overlapping somewhat with its tip 2, is a combined guard and deflecting bar 3, rigidly secured thereto preferably by rivets l. This bar 3 is preferably flat on top and rounded on its under surface and is set into close contact with the said tube. On each side of the said bar 3, the tube 1 is provided with diverging gas discharge orifices Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fi1ed January 17, 1913.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

Serial No. 742,633.

5 that are staggered in respect to each other longitudinally of the tube. These orifices 5 are so located that they will direct the gas 'jets directly against the opposite beveled edges of the bar 3 and, by the latter, the ejected gas will be deflected outward so that a wide extended flame will be directed from the tube and thoroughly diffused among the coal into which the latter is inserted. After the gas has been turned on and ignited, the bar 2 also divides the main flame and defleets the same outward, or in opposite directions. The said bar 3, therefore, acts as a deflector, but it has another important function; to-wit, it prevents the coal and ashes from coming in contact with the orifices or perforations 5 and thereby prevents the said orifices from being clogged.

The efficiency of this lighter or fire starting device has been thoroughly demonstrated in practice.

What I claim is 1. A portable stove or furnace lighter adapted to be inserted into a body of coal, comprising a tube having a wedge shaped point, and a combined guard and deflecting bar secured on top of said tube and extend ed longitudinally thereof, said tube having gas discharge orifices arranged to direct the escaping gas against said bar.

2. A portable stove or furnace lighter adapted to be inserted into a body of fuel, comprising a tube having a wedge shaped tip with its sharp edge vertically extended, and a combined guard and deflecting bar se cured on top of said tube and extended longitudinally thereof with its front end over lapping the rear portion of said wedge shaped tip, said tube having gas discharge orifices located on opposite sides of said defleeting bar and staggered longitudinally of said tube and arranged to direct the escaping gas against the opposite sides of said deflecting bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN EDMAN.

Witnesses:

HARRY D. Krnoonn, F. D. MERCHANT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0. 

